Eryngium planum - Blue Eryngo - Seeds

Description

• Apiaceae Apiales
• Eastern Europe to Asia
• Perennial
• H 1m x W 0.5m
•  Z5 
• Synonyms: See Holy, Eryngium caeruleum, Eryngium planifolium
• 1 sachet of 50 seeds

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Detail

Eryngium planum is a magnificent Blue Thistle with spectacular flowering, colored purplish-blue with a slightly metallic glow

This Blue Thistle has a more or less branched and pivoting fleshy root, from which emerges a rosette of glabrous, fleshy, tender green leaves, without thorns, wide, flat, spreading as a rosette

In May-June, erect thorny inflorescences grow, ramify, and quickly take on their blue color

The flowers of Blue Eryngo are gathered in fragrant flower heads and bloom all summer long

They are small, insignificant, but contribute by their number to the geometric beauty of the thistle

In addition, they are very attractive to foraging insects

It is the bracts and stems of the inflorescences which have prolonged ornamental interest, since their coloring lasts after flowering until autumn, or if harvested for dry bouquet

Eryngium planum has diuretic properties and has been used against whooping cough

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Cultivation

Blue Eryngo grows well in dry soils and at altitudes between 500 and 1500 m

Easy to grow, it is used in cultivated beds for its remarkable and unique durable color, or in difficult embankments where it will naturalize

Sow the seeds in pots in early spring in the nursery, covering them lightly with potting soil

Keep the substrate moist

When the roots have developed well, during May, transplant in place

Choose a location in full sun, where the Blue Thistle will flower well and be more colorful

Cut the inflorescences in autumn to clean the plant

Without further maintenance